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[4] Construction began on the museum center on May 28, 1998, and the museum opened to the public on September 11, 1999. [3] The museum center was chosen as the 2011 recipient of the MainStreet Cleveland award. [5] The new mission statement of "telling the story of the Ocoee Region" was adopted on June 18, 2013. [6]
The space center offers a variety of programs that provide varying mission lengths and experiences. Continuing the educational aim of the space center, there are field-trip programs for school classes that provide education about science, space, and teamwork/leadership. These programs also offer educational experience missions on the simulators.
MC2 STEM High School is the result of an innovative partnership between the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) and the Science Center. Focusing on STEM education (science, technology, engineering and math), the school furthers the mission of both organizations and makes science education come alive.
The observatory, which at that time housed a 9.5-inch (24 cm) refractor, was donated in 1919 to the Case School of Applied Science. The newer 24-inch (61 cm) Burrell Schmidt telescope was built in 1939. Due to rising light pollution in Cleveland, a new station in Geauga County's Montville Township was established in 1950s.
In 2009, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina reopened its planetarium after a renovation. The renovation included a new dome projection system and a new set of shows. The renovation allowed for the Bibliotheca and the Planetarium Science Center to jointly host the 20th International Planetarium Society conference in June 2010.
There were no museums in Cleveland at the time. [6] In 1876 the Ark moved to nearby Case Hall. The original structure was torn down to build a post office. The collection remained there until 1916, when the facility was converted to the Cleveland Public Library. [6] The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, as it is known today, was founded in 1920.
Located in Rocky River, Berea, Brook Park, Cleveland, Fairview Park, Lakewood, North Olmsted and Olmsted Township, the reservation contains the first parcel of land secured for the establishment of the Metroparks by William A. Stinchcomb—one of the points of interest in the park, in fact, is the Stinchcomb-Grohl memorial. [2]
Cosmosphere is an international science education center and space museum in Hutchinson, Kansas, United States. It was previously known as the Kansas Cosmosphere . The museum houses over 13,000 spaceflight artifacts—the largest combined collection of US and Russian spaceflight artifacts in the world, and is home to various space educational ...